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Message: [QUOTE="007, post: 1507761, member: 393"] Good post Phat. Our lack of size on D, apart from the DL, is a major factor, IMO. It isn't just the very small safeties (although I would take Cordy any day). Once the LBs are engaged, they struggle to get off blocks (including Zaire, who is a warrior), and then it doesn't take much to push the 175 lbs safeties around. Some of us talked about the lack of size in the preseason. But the clear consensus was that this "great" D is built on speed and size was over rated. Size matters. it always has. And size really matters when the collective team speed on D is average. Take a long look at the rosters of everyone we have left. The size disparity is glaring. The other important factor here is that, over the course of the season, there is an accumulative physical impact to the kids as they consistently have to take on much larger players. [/QUOTE]